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Is building an LLM inherently problematic? Not necessarily, but there's no good way to do it under capitalism. Is using an local LLM funding these evil companies? No. It's not.
Spelling and grammar checking is one of the few uses of LLMs that is not based on fundamentally failing to understand what an LLM actually is. A statistical model is gonna be *really good* at flagging things that are probably typos (low probability areas). There will be false positives, which is fine if you're actually paying attention...

⚠️ AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
I discovered 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 for myself in my ill-fated research project of 2021!
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-ai-generate-intimacy-exceeds-human.html

AI can generate a feeling of intimacy that exceeds human connections
People can develop emotional closeness to artificial intelligence (AI)—under certain conditions, even more so than to other people. This is shown by a new study conducted by a research team led by Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Tobias Kleinert from the Department of Psychology at the University of Freiburg and Prof. Dr. Bastian Schiller from Heidelberg University's Institute of Psychology. Participants felt a sense of closeness especially when they did not know that they were communicatin…

Filing: Broadcom agrees to produce future versions of Google's TPUs and expands its Anthropic deal to give the startup access to ~3.5 GW of computing capacity (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/06/broadcom-agrees-to-expanded…

Broadcom agrees to expanded chip deals with Google, Anthropic
Broadcom said it agreed to produce future versions of Google artificial intelligence chips, and announced an expanded deal with Anthropic.

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Indian women are crushed by hours of abusive content, German-language Telegram channels spread Russian disinformation, China has a covert spy-cam porn industry, Fears over TikTok's policy changes are really fears of the tech industry, Canada is moving away from US intelligence in space

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Still one of my favorite typos in a science headline
#CERN #lhc #sciencefun

CFP: Conference "Old Ideas in New Minds: Strategies of 'Autonomy' from Antiquity to the Renaissance,” Jena (29.03.2026)
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Good news for anyone working on their proposals for the next Fantastic Futures conference - the deadline is extended to April 16! #FF2026

CFP: Conference "Old Ideas in New Minds: Strategies of 'Autonomy' from Antiquity to the Renaissance,” Jena (29.03.2026) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20141563/call-abstracts-conference-old-ideas…

CFP: Conference "Old Ideas in New Minds: Strategies of 'Autonomy' from Antiquity to the Renaissance,” Jena (29.03.2026)
https://ift.tt/iBV5HRb
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP